Athcarne

55 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Athcarne, from 198 m² to 116,107 m² (11.61 ha, 28.69 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 24 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• P5RA - Rural Area (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied), Meath · 79 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 12 Nov 2025Conditional

  1) Demolition of front porch and rear lean-to of dwelling. 2) Demolition of ancillary sheds/outbuildings. 3) Construction of one-and-a half storey extension to rear, with dormer windows, and a new single storey link corridor. 4) Relocated entrance door and changes to fenestration. 5) Reconfigured driveway layout to existing site entrance. 6) Refurbishment of existing shed. 7) New wastewater treatment system, SuDs drainage system and all associated site works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2561229

• 21 Oct 2025N/a

  1) Demolition of front porch and rear lean-to of dwelling. 2) Demolition of ancillary sheds/outbuildings. 3) Construction of one-and-a half storey extension to rear, with dormer windows, and a new single storey link corridor. 4) Relocated entrance door and changes to fenestration. 5) Reconfigured driveway layout to existing site entrance. 6) Refurbishment of existing shed. 7) New wastewater treatment system, SuDs drainage system and all associated site works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2561125

• 6 Sept 2021Conditional

  part single storey and part two storey dwelling, detached domestic garage, entrance and driveway. The development also includes installation of a proprietary waste water treatment system and polishing filter together with all associated site works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 211741

• 11 May 2021Conditional

  the development will consist of retention of basement garage & ground floor slab as granted under SA/100009 (Original grant), SA/130754 (Change of design), AA/140869 (Extension of duration), Permission for construction of a storey & a half dwelling, vehicular entrance, waste water treatment system and all associated site works as granted under SA/100009 (Original grant), SA/130754 (Change of design), AA/140869 (Extension of duration). Significant Further information/Revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission · Meath County Council, 21879

• 9 Nov 2020Conditional

  a storey & a half dwelling, vehicular entrance, waste water treatment system and all associated site works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, AA201653

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Athcarne.

Recorded monuments

• ME033-004 Castle - tower house
  Description

  Situated on a level landscape with the S-N Hurley River c. 70m to the E. The tower house was erected for William Bathe and his wife, Jane Dowdall, in 1590. They are commemorated on the wayside crosses they erected in at Annesbrook (ME027-031----) in 1600 and Duleek (ME027-038010-) in 1601 (King 1984, 104, 107-08), and there is a commemorative stone placed high on an external wall of the tower house with two crests within wreaths and an inscription. It reads: WB ID 1590 (Grose 1791, 2, 33). According to the Civil Survey (1654-6) James Bath owned 126 acres at Athcarne in Duleek parish in 1640 and on the property were ‘one castle with a Barne and Divers outhouses’ (Simington 1943, 21). He also owned land at Sneog (62 acres), Deenes (146 acres), and Reask (145 acres) in the same parish (ibid. 20-1). In 1662 Luke Bathe, the son of James, was restored the family possessions at Athcarne under the Act of Settlement, but the estate was sold to a Dublin merchant in 1703) (Anon. 1833). A nineteenth century illustration (ibid.) depicts the castle as a four storey tower house, which has a two storey house (ME033-004001-) attached at the SW side. The tower house continued to be occupied into the nineteenth century and was considerably altered with the insertion of large windows on the upper floors, but the attached house was replaced by a new wing to the SW. See this web-page accessed on 05/07/2016 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=umn.31951000728778j;view=1up;seq=230 The ground floor has two barrel-vaulted chambers that are not connected. The NW chamber (ext. dims 9.6m NW-SE; 7.1m NE-SW; int. dims 6.4m NW-SE; 4.5m NE-SE) is entered by a pointed doorway at the W end of the SW wall. A separate pointed doorway accesses the tower (ext. dims 3.6m NE-SW; 3.5m) projecting from the W angle that has a newel stairs. The SE chamber (ext. dims 6.9m NW-SE; 6.4m NE-SW) is entered directly by a pointed doorway in the centre of the SW wall which has a highly decorated threshold, and its vault is lined with brick internally (int. dims 4.05m NW-SE; 3m NE-SW). At the three upper floors the two structures were modernised with rectangular windows and an internal brick lining. The only original features are the pointed doorways from the stairs tower, a round-headed doorway in the NW wall at the second floor that might lead to a garderobe, and the single fireplaces on the SW wall of the NW part at the first and second floors. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Meath' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1987). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. This is a National Monument in state ownership, No. 539. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revision: 6 July 2016

• ME033-004001 House - 16th/17th century
  Description

  Situated on a rise in a level landscape with the S-N Hurley River c. 70m to the E. A nineteenth century illustration of Athcarne castle (Anon. 1833) depicts it as a four storey tower house, which has a two storey house attached at the SW side. The house has a return to the NW at the SW end and a large chimney stack rising from the first floor on the NW external wall. Another view (Grose 1791, 2, 33) shows two returns at the opposite (SE) side of the house. The tower house continued to be occupied into the nineteenth century and was considerably altered by the insertion of large windows on the upper floors, but the attached house was replaced by a new wing after 1833 that is still extant as a ruin. The heraldic stone with the date 1590 (ME033-004002-) is built high in the external face of the SE wall of this structure at its S end. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Meath' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1987). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. This is a National Monument in state ownership, No. 539. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revision: 6 July 2016

• ME033-004002 Memorial stone
  Description

  The tower house (ME033-004----) was erected for William Bathe and his wife, Jane Dowdall, in 1590. There is a commemorative stone placed high at the SW end of the external SE wall of the revamped extension with two crests within wreaths and an inscription. It reads: WB ID 1590 (Grose 1791, 2, 33). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date or upload; 13 July, 2016

• ME033-041 Ring-ditch
  Description

  Situated on a rise in an undulating landscape. The cropmark of a circular enclosure (diam. c. 15m) defined by a single wide and uninterrupted fosse feature (Wth c. 2-4m) is visible on aerial image (OSAP: 1995). Rath (ME032-042----) is c. 60m to the E. It was first identified by Colin Byrne. See the attached image which is an extract from (OSAP: 1995) with the ring-ditch at left. Date of upload: 15 September, 2017

• ME033-042 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a rise in an undulating landscape. The cropmark of a subrectangular enclosure (diam. c. 40m) defined by a single fosse feature SW-N-E is visible on aerial image (OSAP: 1995). Ring-ditch (ME032-041----) is c. 60m to the W. It was first identified by Colin Byrne. See the attached image which is an extract from (OSAP: 1995) with the rath at right. Date of upload: 15 September, 2017

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Athcarne.

Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. Buildings: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Works at or in relation to a recorded monument need two months' written notice to the National Monuments Service (National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, section 12).

Radon

At the centre of the townland of Athcarne, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Athcarne.

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under CC BY 4.0. LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.

No address of the register names Athcarne with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Meath.

Name

Athcarne · Áth Carn

Area

1,303,465 m² (130.35 ha, 322.09 acres)

Civil parish

Duleek, and its townlands

Barony

Duleek Upper

Electoral division

Ardcath, the unit of the census

Census 2022

2,119 people lived in 721 households in the Ardcath electoral division. 86% of households owned their home. 25% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Boolies Great, Boolies Little, Deenes, Gaulstown, Reask, Riverstown, Timoole

Placenames

Athcarne on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland

Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics by electoral division, Central Statistics Office, CC BY 4.0. A townland is the smallest land division of Ireland, and the unit of a rural address. Old registers such as the 1901 and 1911 censuses file it under its civil parish and barony.